Job 38:19
Good News Translation
Do you know where the light comes from or what the source of darkness is?

New Revised Standard Version
“Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,

Contemporary English Version
Where is the home of light, and where does darkness live?

New American Bible
What is the way to the dwelling of light, and darkness—where is its place?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness?

the way

Job 38:12,13 Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place? . . .

Genesis 1:3,4,14-18 And God said: Be light made. And light was made. . . .

Deuteronomy 4:19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.

Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.

John 1:9 That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world.

John 8:12 Again therefore, Jesus spoke to: them, saying: I am the light of the world. He that followeth me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

darkness

Psalm 18:11 And he made darkness his cover, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

Psalm 104:20 Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:

Psalm 105:28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.

Jeremiah 13:16 Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.

Ezekiel 32:8 I will make all the lights of heaven to mourn over thee and I will cause darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God, when thy wounded shall fall in the midst of the land, saith the Lord God.

Amos 4:13 For behold he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, he that maketh the morning mist, and walketh upon the high places of the earth: the Lord the God of hosts is his name.

Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour.

Context
God Challenges Job
18Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things. 19Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness?20That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.…
Cross References
Job 26:10
He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.

Job 38:18
Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things.

Job 38:20
That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.

Job 38:18
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